Former Wabash student can sue fraternity, state high court rules

9:36 PM,
Feb. 23, 2014

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The Indiana Supreme Court has ruled that a former Wabash College student can move forward with a lawsuit against the fraternity where he was seriously injured during a night of horseplay that might have crossed into hazing.

The ruling sets the stage for what could be the first Indiana trial to ­address a fraternity's civil liability in connection with alleged hazing.

In a split decision earlier this month, the state's high court said former student Brian Yost could move forward with his 2009 lawsuit against the Wabash chapter of Phi Kappa Psi-Indiana Gamma (known on campus as Phi Psi) but not ...